A continent urostomy is a type of urinary diversion surgery that may be recommended in cases where your bladder isn’t functioning normally due to injury or disease. Unlike other types of urostomies, ...

A urostomy bag and a catheter are two different devices that can help drain and collect urine from your body. A urostomy is often permanent, whereas a catheter is not. If you have certain medical ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Regarding urine collection in boot camp, I had the same experience in the fall of 1962. As I remember the story, after a few weeks in "captivity," our systems were cleaned out and our ...